Hawkins, Frederick, "The Beefsteak Room at the Old Lyceum", English Illustrated Magazine, September 1890, p. From the outset, the society strove to avoid the term "club", but the shorter "Beefsteak Club" was soon used by many as an informal alternative.

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Our name originates in 18th century Britain where the leading members of London society gathered in beef-steak clubs to partake in great food, fine booze and entertaining company. The steaks were served on hot pewter plates, with onions and baked potatoes, and were accompanied by port or porter. Garrick is not included in Arnold's supposedly complete list of members, but is included in the Society's anthem printed by Arnold (p.J. Ayer, Ben Rogers wrote his doctoral thesis at Oxford on 17th-century moral and political thought, and also has an MA from Columbia University, NY. The plain fare of the "good honest Englishman" has always been contrasted with multi-sauced French cuisine to illustrate the alleged superiority of down-to-earth Anglo-Saxon empiricism. All members were required to wear the society's uniform – a blue coat and buff waistcoat with brass buttons. Thompson, Charles Willis, "Thirty Years of Gridiron Club Dinners", The New York Times, 24 October 1915, p.

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They were said to embody the British spirit and saw beef as the sustenance of the nation (unlike France’s “soup meager, frogs and sallads”). The oldest dining club in Australia is the Melbourne Beefsteak Club, established in May 1886, [21] when merchant John Deegan, [22] City Councillor William Ievers, [23] solicitor James Maloney and manufacturer Frank Stuart [24] gathered with friends for regular lunches. M. Trevelyan Gate of Calais George Gillray's Henri Misson History images Italian James Gillray John Bull king Kitchen Liberty London looked March to Finchley meat mustard mutton Newcastle nineteenth century opera ox roast Oxford painting Pitt play plum pudding political popular pride Quoted R. Perfect for pairing with your favourite meat or barbecue dish, there’s a Beefsteak Club wine for every occasion.